OpenSocial http://opensocial.org OpenSocial Foundation Wed, 22 May 2013 13:03:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 OpenSocial Foundaton/W3C Social Standards Meetup http://opensocial.org/2013/05/opensocial-foundatonw3c-social-standards-meetup/ http://opensocial.org/2013/05/opensocial-foundatonw3c-social-standards-meetup/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:03:49 +0000 OpenSocial http://opensocial.org/?p=1455

When and Where

Date:  Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)

Location:

Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Ave.
Boston, 02116

Event Details

Coinciding with Enterprise 2.0, this evening dinner at the Marriott Copley will feature a panel discussing the future of social standards for social business with the OpenSocial Foundation and W3C. Jeff Jaffe (W3C CEO) and others providing opening remarks. There will be ample time for discussion afterwards, with free food and refreshments being served thanks to the OpenSocial Foundation.

 

This ‘meet-up’ will prepare the agenda for the joint OpenSocial-W3C workshop in August 7-8th in San Francisco (http://www.w3.org/2013/socialweb/Overview.html).

Register to participate:  OpenSocial Foundation/W3C Social Standards Meetup… Read the rest

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]]> When and Where

Date:  Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)

Location:

Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Ave.
Boston, 02116

Event Details

Coinciding with Enterprise 2.0, this evening dinner at the Marriott Copley will feature a panel discussing the future of social standards for social business with the OpenSocial Foundation and W3C. Jeff Jaffe (W3C CEO) and others providing opening remarks. There will be ample time for discussion afterwards, with free food and refreshments being served thanks to the OpenSocial Foundation.

 

This ‘meet-up’ will prepare the agenda for the joint OpenSocial-W3C workshop in August 7-8th in San Francisco (http://www.w3.org/2013/socialweb/Overview.html).

Register to participate:  OpenSocial Foundation/W3C Social Standards Meetup

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/05/opensocial-foundatonw3c-social-standards-meetup/feed/ 0 0.0.1 Release Of The OpenSocial Explorer http://opensocial.org/2013/04/0-0-1-release-of-the-opensocial-explorer/ http://opensocial.org/2013/04/0-0-1-release-of-the-opensocial-explorer/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:17:42 +0000 webadmin http://opensocial.org/2013/04/0-0-1-release-of-the-opensocial-explorer/

Hi Everyone,
I am happy to announce that the first release (0.0.1) of the OpenSocial
Explorer is now available. You can download the artifacts, including a war
file, from the project downloads page<[link]>.
All the artifacts are also available in the Central Maven repository as… Read the rest

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]]> Hi Everyone,
I am happy to announce that the first release (0.0.1) of the OpenSocial
Explorer is now available. You can download the artifacts, including a war
file, from the project downloads page<[link]>.
All the artifacts are also available in the Central Maven repository as

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/04/0-0-1-release-of-the-opensocial-explorer/feed/ 0 Developer Evangelist for Jive Software http://opensocial.org/2013/04/developer-evangelist-for-jive-software/ http://opensocial.org/2013/04/developer-evangelist-for-jive-software/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:09:41 +0000 webadmin http://opensocial.org/2013/04/developer-evangelist-for-jive-software/

Hey everyone,
Just a quick fyi…. Jive is hiring a Developer Evangelist. If you are
interested, please let me know. Here’s the job req:
[link]… Read the rest

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]]> Hey everyone,
Just a quick fyi…. Jive is hiring a Developer Evangelist. If you are
interested, please let me know. Here’s the job req:
[link]

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/04/developer-evangelist-for-jive-software/feed/ 0 The OpenSocial Explorer: A Tool For OpenSocial Developers http://opensocial.org/2013/04/the-opensocial-explorer-a-tool-for-opensocial-developers/ http://opensocial.org/2013/04/the-opensocial-explorer-a-tool-for-opensocial-developers/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:17:00 +0000 webadmin http://opensocial.org/2013/04/the-opensocial-explorer-a-tool-for-opensocial-developers/

Today the OpenSocial Foundation released the OpenSocial Explorer, a new open source project meant to help developers learn how to build OpenSocial gadgets.

One of the biggest challenges any developer faces when trying to learn a new framework or component model is how to get started. OpenSocial has a robust and mature set of features that bring a tremendous amount of power to the developer. As every developer knows, it doesn’t matter how easy a platform is to understand if you don’t have something to help you get started!

The OpenSocial Explorer is meant to address this exact issue. It’s goal is simple: Get you up and running in minutes.

The OpenSocial Explorer provides developers with sample gadgets demonstrating how to use various features of the OpenSocial specification. It allows developers to modify those samples and quickly re-render the application to explore how those changes effect the gadget. This not only allows you an easy way to understand all the features of OpenSocial but provides a great jumping off point for getting started with your own gadget.… Read the rest

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]]> Today the OpenSocial Foundation released the OpenSocial Explorer, a new open source project meant to help developers learn how to build OpenSocial gadgets.

One of the biggest challenges any developer faces when trying to learn a new framework or component model is how to get started. OpenSocial has a robust and mature set of features that bring a tremendous amount of power to the developer. As every developer knows, it doesn’t matter how easy a platform is to understand if you don’t have something to help you get started!

The OpenSocial Explorer is meant to address this exact issue. It’s goal is simple: Get you up and running in minutes.

The OpenSocial Explorer provides developers with sample gadgets demonstrating how to use various features of the OpenSocial specification. It allows developers to modify those samples and quickly re-render the application to explore how those changes effect the gadget. This not only allows you an easy way to understand all the features of OpenSocial but provides a great jumping off point for getting started with your own gadget.

The OpenSocial Explorer is a community effort and we are constantly adding new samples. We are also looking to host a version of this to further accelerate the launch time.

Within in the coming months we will try to address both of these but we need your help! We are looking for people interested in contributing to the project. We welcome all contributions so if you are interested in helping out evolve the project please contribute whatever you can! See the project page for information on how to get started. We encourage everyone to contribute back to the OpenSocial Explorer, however, we realize that may not be possible in all cases. So, if you find bugs or would like new features, please create a GitHub issue.

Check out the video below and get started today!!!!

Posted on behalf of Ryan Baxter by Mark Weitzel, President, OpenSocial Foundation

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/04/the-opensocial-explorer-a-tool-for-opensocial-developers/feed/ 0 Nominating Matt Franklin and Goix Laurent Walter for OpenSocial Community Board Members http://opensocial.org/2013/04/nominating-matt-franklin-and-goix-laurent-walter-for-opensocial-community-board-members/ http://opensocial.org/2013/04/nominating-matt-franklin-and-goix-laurent-walter-for-opensocial-community-board-members/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:03:07 +0000 webadmin http://opensocial.org/2013/04/nominating-matt-franklin-and-goix-laurent-walter-for-opensocial-community-board-members/

As you know, we opened up nominations for Community Board Members on March
22, 2013. Today, we are wrapping up nominations. As we bring this round to
a close, I’d like to nominate two individuals that continue to have a great
impact in the community and would be excellent to have as part of the
Foundation’s leadership.… Read the rest

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]]> As you know, we opened up nominations for Community Board Members on March
22, 2013. Today, we are wrapping up nominations. As we bring this round to
a close, I’d like to nominate two individuals that continue to have a great
impact in the community and would be excellent to have as part of the
Foundation’s leadership.

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/04/nominating-matt-franklin-and-goix-laurent-walter-for-opensocial-community-board-members/feed/ 0 OpenSocial API wrappers for third-party Social Media platforms http://opensocial.org/2013/04/opensocial-api-wrappers-for-third-party-social-media-platforms/ http://opensocial.org/2013/04/opensocial-api-wrappers-for-third-party-social-media-platforms/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:32:31 +0000 OpenSocial http://opensocial.org/?p=1443

Summary

Cognium Systems has launched JokerD – an open-source framework for the development of OSAPI wrappers for any Social Media Platform (SMP). In addition to the framework, JokerD offers sample implementations of OSAPI-compliant access for Twitter, Facebook, and RSS feeds. Email and Google+ wrappers are in progress.

Intro

OpenSocial API is well-positioned to integrate data flows from both internal and external SMPs. With a rigorous and rich data model, substantial existing developer community, and support from major enterprise SMP vendors, Open Social is set to become the market leader for  the universal enterprise Social Media data access and interoperability.

The main missing piece of the puzzle is OpenSocial compatibility with the numerous SMPs. In order to motivate the SMP providers to join the OpenSocial movement, there must be a critical adoption mass. Such momentum may prove very difficult or impossible to achieve in the near future. An alternative approach is to build API wrappers that map the OpenSocial API to the native APIs provided by the various SMPs.… Read the rest

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]]>

Summary

Cognium Systems has launched JokerD – an open-source framework for the development of OSAPI wrappers for any Social Media Platform (SMP). In addition to the framework, JokerD offers sample implementations of OSAPI-compliant access for Twitter, Facebook, and RSS feeds. Email and Google+ wrappers are in progress.

Intro

OpenSocial API is well-positioned to integrate data flows from both internal and external SMPs. With a rigorous and rich data model, substantial existing developer community, and support from major enterprise SMP vendors, Open Social is set to become the market leader for  the universal enterprise Social Media data access and interoperability.

The main missing piece of the puzzle is OpenSocial compatibility with the numerous SMPs. In order to motivate the SMP providers to join the OpenSocial movement, there must be a critical adoption mass. Such momentum may prove very difficult or impossible to achieve in the near future. An alternative approach is to build API wrappers that map the OpenSocial API to the native APIs provided by the various SMPs. This is the approach taken by the JokerD project.

Features

JokerD consists of the following components :

  • Adaptors for retrieving activity streams from several SMPs via their respective APIs or RSS feeds and then mapping these data to the OpenSocial activity stream data structure
  • A database for caching the retrieved data
  • JSON OSAPI implementation to access the cached data
  • Generic utility libraries, such as a scheduler for fetching data periodically, or cursors for manipulating, grouping and sorting data by various criteria (e.g., type, time, author).

JokerD also includes a simple mockup GUI to visualize the social streams pulled from various data sources. The example above shows streams from Facebook, Twitter, and BBC News:

The project’s code is available under the Apache License.

Next steps

Clearly, much still remains to be done :

  • Expand coverage of the various OpenSocial API aspects, such as RESTful calls and additional data structures
  • Increase the number of SMP adapters
  • And of course, improve stability, performance, and documentation.

This work has been carried out in the context of the Socios project.

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/04/opensocial-api-wrappers-for-third-party-social-media-platforms/feed/ 0 Introducing The OpenSocial Explorer http://opensocial.org/2013/04/introducing-the-opensocial-explorer/ http://opensocial.org/2013/04/introducing-the-opensocial-explorer/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:30:55 +0000 webadmin http://opensocial.org/2013/04/introducing-the-opensocial-explorer/

Hey All,
Today the OpenSocial Foundation released a new open source project to help
developers get started building OpenSocial gadgets, it is called the
OpenSocial Explorer [1]. The goal of the Explorer is to make sure
developers looking to build OpenSocial gadgets only need to invest a few
minutes to get started. We want to provide samples for all the features in… Read the rest

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]]> Hey All,
Today the OpenSocial Foundation released a new open source project to help
developers get started building OpenSocial gadgets, it is called the
OpenSocial Explorer [1]. The goal of the Explorer is to make sure
developers looking to build OpenSocial gadgets only need to invest a few
minutes to get started. We want to provide samples for all the features in

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/04/introducing-the-opensocial-explorer/feed/ 0 Nominations are now open for OpenSocial Community Board Members http://opensocial.org/2013/03/nominations-are-now-open-for-opensocial-community-board-members/ http://opensocial.org/2013/03/nominations-are-now-open-for-opensocial-community-board-members/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:27:00 +0000 webadmin http://opensocial.org/2013/03/nominations-are-now-open-for-opensocial-community-board-members/

We are pleased to announce that the nominations for the Community Elected Board seat are now Open! The nomination period will run from March 22, 2013 through April 5, 2013. To nominate yourself for the board, simply email officers@opensocial.org with you name, company/project affiliation, and desire to be on the board.

Anyone OpenSocial member is able to serve on the board. The only requirement to nominate or hold the position is that you must be a member of the OpenSocial Foundation. There are no membership fees to join OpenSocial. All you need to do is fill out a simple on-line membership application.… Read the rest

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]]> We are pleased to announce that the nominations for the Community Elected Board seat are now Open! The nomination period will run from March 22, 2013 through April 5, 2013. To nominate yourself for the board, simply email officers@opensocial.org with you name, company/project affiliation, and desire to be on the board.

Anyone OpenSocial member is able to serve on the board. The only requirement to nominate or hold the position is that you must be a member of the OpenSocial Foundation. There are no membership fees to join OpenSocial. All you need to do is fill out a simple on-line membership application.

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/03/nominations-are-now-open-for-opensocial-community-board-members/feed/ 0 Nominations are now open for OpenSocial Community Board Members http://opensocial.org/2013/03/nominations-are-now-open-for-opensocial-community-board-members/ http://opensocial.org/2013/03/nominations-are-now-open-for-opensocial-community-board-members/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:27:00 +0000 webadmin http://opensocial.org/2013/03/nominations-are-now-open-for-opensocial-community-board-members/

We are pleased to announce that the nominations for the Community Elected Board seat are now Open! The nomination period will run from March 22, 2013 through April 5, 2013. To nominate yourself for the board, simply email officers@opensocial.org with you name, company/project affiliation, and desire to be on the board.

Anyone OpenSocial member is able to serve on the board. The only requirement to nominate or hold the position is that you must be a member of the OpenSocial Foundation. There are no membership fees to join OpenSocial. All you need to do is fill out a simple on-line membership application.… Read the rest

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]]> We are pleased to announce that the nominations for the Community Elected Board seat are now Open! The nomination period will run from March 22, 2013 through April 5, 2013. To nominate yourself for the board, simply email officers@opensocial.org with you name, company/project affiliation, and desire to be on the board.

Anyone OpenSocial member is able to serve on the board. The only requirement to nominate or hold the position is that you must be a member of the OpenSocial Foundation. There are no membership fees to join OpenSocial. All you need to do is fill out a simple on-line membership application.

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]]> http://opensocial.org/2013/03/nominations-are-now-open-for-opensocial-community-board-members/feed/ 0 Confluence Enterprise hosted service expired http://opensocial.org/2013/03/confluence-enterprise-hosted-service-expired-2/ http://opensocial.org/2013/03/confluence-enterprise-hosted-service-expired-2/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:09:28 +0000 webadmin http://opensocial.org/2013/03/confluence-enterprise-hosted-service-expired-2/

docs.opensocial.org uses Confluence Enterprise hosted service. I noticed a
banner at the top today that says..
Confluence Enterprise Hosted service expired 15 February 2013. * Service
will be shut down on 18 March 2013. *Migration options are detailed here.<[link]>… Read the rest

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]]> docs.opensocial.org uses Confluence Enterprise hosted service. I noticed a
banner at the top today that says..
Confluence Enterprise Hosted service expired 15 February 2013. * Service
will be shut down on 18 March 2013. *Migration options are detailed here.<[link]>

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